Athens Summary

Everything you need to understand or teach Athens.

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319 words, approx. 2 pages
Athens was the sacred city of the goddess Athena. During the 5th century, under the statesman Pericles, many temples were being built in the Acropolis, as a new peak of culture and power was rising. ... Read more
622 words, approx. 3 pages
Athens and Sparta, despite their common Hellenic backgrounds, where very different. Sparta, was a war based society that placed the greatest emphasis on the ideas of strength and discipline. In sta... Read more
971 words, approx. 4 pages
In our study of ancient Greece, specifically the city-states of Athens and Sparta, we learned about the political, economic and cultural systems developed and used by the Greeks from approximately 700... Read more
286 words, approx. 1 pages
Athens and Sparta Sparta and Athens represent opposite poles of the social and political development of the Greek city-state. Between the two, there were similarities and differences. Each city-st... Read more
925 words, approx. 4 pages
Greece's mountainous terrain and islands separated Athens from Sparta because it made it very hard to travel. This separation caused them to develop differently, socially and politically. These differ... Read more